International Operations Data Sheet - October 2008
Wal-Mart International 3,242 total units | Market | Retail Units | Date of Entry | | Mexico | 1,097 | November 1991 | | Puerto Rico | 55 | August 1992 | | Canada | 310 | November 1994 | | Brazil | 325 | May 1995 | | Argentina | 24 | August 1995 | | China (*) | 212 | August 1996 | | United Kingdom | 348 | July 1999 | | Japan | 393 | March 2002 | | Costa Rica | 158 | September 2005 | | El Salvador | 74 | September 2005 | | Guatemala | 150 | September 2005 | | Honduras | 48 | September 2005 | | Nicaragua | 48 | September 2005 | (*) Includes a 35% interest in Trust-Mart, which operates 100 stores in China. Trade Territory
Wal-Mart serves more than 49 million international customers weekly in 13 markets outside the continental U.S. In August 2007, Wal-Mart announced an agreement with Bharti Enterprises to establish a joint venture, Bharti Wal-Mart Private Limited, for wholesale cash-and-carry and back-end supply chain management operations in India. Total International Associates
More than 620,000 Total International Sales FYE 1/31/08:
$90.6 billion – 17.5 percent increase over the previous year. Operating income was $4.76 billion, an increase of 11.8 percent compared to the previous fiscal year. For the five-week period ending October 3, 2008, $9.4 billion – an increase of 7.3 percent over the same period last year. For the second quarter FY 2009 ending 7/31/08: $25.3 billion – an increase of 16.9 percent over the same period last year. Operating income was $1.2 billion for the quarter, an increase of 16.5 percent over the same period last year.
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